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March 10, 2015, 11:01:26 PM
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Suddenly every PC and wireless connect to my Verizon FiOS router is unable to resolve DNS (even when changing DNS to Google 8.8.8.Cool for some popular bitcoin-related websites including some mining pools (btcguild, suprnova.cc, ecoining.com, mining.wtf, multipool.us, suchpool.pw, bitmember.com, coin-pool.org, hashtot.com etc.)
I also cannot resolve Cryptsy and other exchanges as well as coinwarz and other mining-related websites

ALSO, my cgminer cannot resolve the stratum servers with those IPs.

When I take my phone or tablet off of my wifi and use LTE, I can resolve all sites just fine.

I tried soft reboot of my FiOS router and no change.

Anybody ever hear of such a thing? Is this a malware infection of my router? If so how do I clean it?

Yikes!
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March 10, 2015, 11:12:23 PM
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I'm not saying this to be flip but have you called your service provider?

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March 10, 2015, 11:13:26 PM
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Verizon is one of the largest ISPs in the US - there is no way that only I am being 'throttled' for mining.. (So the answer is no - for now.)
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March 10, 2015, 11:15:02 PM
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What country are you from? How long have you had these issues for
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March 10, 2015, 11:16:38 PM
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What country are you from?

USA!  
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March 10, 2015, 11:24:49 PM
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Incidentally, and maybe it is related? I also cannot connect to my VPNs servers to establish that connection either..
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March 10, 2015, 11:25:44 PM
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Try 'ipconfig /flushdns' if you're on windows.
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March 10, 2015, 11:30:08 PM
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Try 'ipconfig /flushdns' if you're on windows.

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache ..  but, alas, no change in connectivity- BUT it did fix the VPN connection Wink!
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